Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-15
AFFAIRS IN GERmANY.
Discussion of tho Hevenue-.Its
Neig ighborhood Effect.

l BERLIN, May l4.-The Commission on
Esprit Tax held a preliminary sitting
yesterday. The Composition Commits.
sion gives so strong majority to the
suggestion of bill that there is a
cbancs that any amendment will be
other than that the Government
chooses The Sugar Tax Bill was
passed by the Bunaesarth to-day. and
will be presented to the Reiohstag
| next week. An effort will be made
to have this measure pass to its first
reading before Whitsuntide. The bill
gives in part the duty from August lst.
1883, on syrup and molasses, at 10 marks
DER 100 kilogrammes; upon all other sugar,
30 marks per 100 kilogrammes; on beet
roots, | mark, aud on beet root augar,
homo made, 10 marks per 100 kilo.
grammes. Further, from the same date,
the export bounty of 10 marks per 100
kilogrsmmes will be paidonr raw sugarand
for other sugar export the bounties OF
IL marks. The Reichstag will overtake,
during the present session, some OF the
social measures, The first of these to
be taken up will be the Seamen's Acct.
dent Insurance Bill, commission ON
which is now sitting. The Agrarian
party has definitely succeeded in induc-
ing the Government to prepare bill
raising the duties on corn and wool.
THE ENTENTE ooRDIALE.
Herr Won SohoI, Minister of Finance,
has his bill ia hand. 1t is reported that
its leading proposals nearly double the
import duties On corn, rye and wool.
The opposition to these proposals less
ems under the irritation caused by the
Russian tariffs which are hostile to Ger
many. Official advices from st. Peters.
burg to-day declare that there
is a marked Improvement in Russian
relations with Germany, aud that the |
entente cordiaie with Prince Bismarck !
has been renewed, despite the poleinic |
over the Austro Russian treaty regard !
ing the occupation of Bosnia. This |
statement conflicts with the feeling in
Berlin official circles, and is interpreted |
az an indication of dread of further |
revelations Of the new intrigue on the |
part of Russia. who, it is
alleged, is trying to induce Aus
tria to abandon her German alli-
ance, the origin of the recent disclosure
now known 10 be discovered by Prince |
Bismarck, that Russia was making ap-
proachss for another secret treaty with |
Austria with the object of detachipg her |
from Germany.
RUSSIAN oANE FRUSTRATED
This disclosure has effected its pur-
pose of frustrating the Russian game,
and obliging the Austrain government
to summararily refuse to consider any
arrangements not known 10 Germany.
Herr Sizza, the Hungarian Premier,
will be questioned next week in the diet
at Pesth for the purpose Of eliciting
information as to the relations between
Austria and Russia, but it's improbable
that Sizza will be in position to make
an explicit declaration. He can certainly
venture to say nothing about o new
Russian intrigue, the suspicion OF which |
increases the anger OF the Hungarian |
Deputies over the Reichstag compact Of
1876, in the face of Russian under
ground plotting aud open tariff hostili-
lies. The efforts to extinguish the
Germans in the Baltic provinces
by verbal assurances coming from
st. Petersburg, are held Of small
account. The Post referring TO the
Czar's edict suppresaing the German Ian
guage in the House, declares that this is
the hardest blow ever struck at the
German and European civilization in the
Baltic provinces. 1t involves the exter-
patton of the German element of Doorpat
University, and will intensity the bitter
ness of the anti Russian sentiment felt
throughout Germany.